Edge-cutter for lawns.



F. HEATHER. EDGE CUTTER FOR LAWNS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30,1908.

903,085. Patented Nov 3, 1908.

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FREDERICK HEATHER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

EDGE-CUTTER FOR LAWNS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 30, 1908.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Serial No. 441,247.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK HEATHER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Little Neck, in the city of New York, borough and county of Queens, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Edge- Cutters for Lawns, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an implement for trimming the sod at the edges of lawns adjoining driveways, walks, flower-beds, and other places which are to be ke t free from grass.

urther objects are to provide a tool which is readily operated by hand so that it may be propelled easily and accurately alon any desired line, will out a clean vertical e go without wavering either horizontally or vertically, and will throw the detached sod away from the trimmed edge so that it can be easily gathered up.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, which forms a part of this application, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an edge cutter embodying my invention the up )er end of the handle being broken away. I! ig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same.

The im lement com rises in combination a vertica y disposed lade A with a forwardly and downwardly directed cutting edge a and a sidewardly bent rear edge B. A forwardly facing cutting edge 0 is provided to assist the inclined edge when the vertical out is exceptionally deep. The upper edge (I! is also sharpened so that the implement may be turned over and used for cutting out so The vertical blade is provided at the upper rear corner with a tang t which en ages the slotted end of a handle H. The handle is secured by bolts b b, one passing through the forked ends of the handle and a hole throu h the vertical blade adjoining the tang. T e outer end of the tang is fanned out and provided with a series of holes h h which lie along an are from the hole in the blade as a center to permit the handle to be bolted at the angle which the workman finds most convenient in operation. The blade has a straight horizontal lower edge from which a horizontal shear blade 0 r0 ects at one side. The forward edge e of t e horizontal shear blade is sharpened and is preferably diagonal so as to make a shear cut as it is pushed horiinclination of this edge is such as to form an acute rentered angle with the cutting edge a of the vertical blade. The tool is formed from a single piece of sheet steel.

In the operation of truing the edge of a lawn the implement is held by the handle in the position illustrated and pushed forward at the junction of the lawn and driveway or other bare place along the line to which it is desired to trim so as to cut away any irregularities and encroachments in the growth of the grass along the edge, such growth being detached by the cutting ed es of the vertical and horizontal blades an deflected away from the cut ed e by the bent rear ed e B. The straight si es of the vertical an the horizontal blades serve as guides to preserve a true line unwavering either in horizontal alinement or in grade. The side of either blade serves as a su port for material acted on by the cutting e ge of the other blade by reason of the direction of inclination of the cutting edges.

The im lement can also be turned over and used or chop ing, in which case the cutting edges 0 and are brought into use, or it can be used for scoring or cutting turf to obtain sod from the lawn. When so used the implement is preferably drawn along by a rope attached to the handle near the point of attachment of the handle to the blade, and the cutting is effected by the cutting edge a. This requires an additional man, one to hold the handle at the rear and guide the implement while the other walks in front and draws on the rope.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. An edge cutter for lawns having in combination, a blade in a vertical plane with a forwardly and downwardly directed cutting edge, an upwardly and rearwardly extending handle attached to the blade, and a horizontal shear blade projecting at one side from the lower edge of the vertical blade with a diagonal cutting edge forming an acute reentered angle with the vertical blade.

2. An edge cutter for lawns having in combination, a blade in a vertical plane with a forwardly and downwardly directed cutting edge, an upwardly and rearwardly extending handle attached to the blade, and a horizontal shear blade projecting at one side from the lower edge of the vertical blade zontally under the sod. The direction of the l with a cutting edge meeting and forming areentered angle with the cutting edge of the vertical blade.

3. An edge cutter for lawns having in combination, a blade in a vertical plane with a sidewardly bent rear edge, an upwardly and rearwardly extending handle attached to the blade, and a horizontal shear blade projecting at one side from the lower edge of the vertical blade with a diagonal cutting edge forming an acute rentered angle with the vertical blade.

4. An edge cutter for lawns having in combination, a blade in a vertical plane with a sidewardly bent rear edge and a forwardly and downwardly directed cutting edge, an upwardly and rearwardly extending handle attache to the blade, and a horizontal shear blade rejecting at one side from the lower edge of the vertical blade with a cutting edge meeting and forming a rentered angle with the cuttin edge of the vertical blade.

Si ned y me at New York, (borough of Man attan) N. Y., this 29th day of June,

FREDERICK HEATHER. Witnesses:

SAMUEL W. BALGH, FRANK C. COLE. 

